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He said: “You grabbed hold of Mr Linden and put him between yourself and your son. You used him as a human shield and should not have involved him. He was a member of the public going about his lawful business. He did nothing to deserve what you did.

“It understandably had an impact on his sleep.”

The bystander is used as a human shield

But the judge accepted that Tyson had started the confrontation and his father had largely acted in self-defence.

The court heard that the row broke out at an unofficial traveller camp.